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Hospitalized psychoses in Norway: Time trends 1926—1965

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A case register comprising all admissions to psychiatric hospitals in Norway since 1916 has been examined for possible time trends during this fifty years period. Only minor changes were found to have taken place in the total incidence of the psychoses and in their marital, occupational and geographic patterns of distribution. This reflects a corresponding stability in the socio-economic conditions and in the development of mental health care in the country.

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Un registre de cas comptant toutes les admissions dans les hôpitaux psychiatriques de Norvège depuis 1916 a été examiné pour déterminer d'éventuels changements dans le temps pendant cette période de 50 ans. On a trouvé que des changements mineurs seulement étaient intervenus dans l'incidence totale des psychoses et dans leur distribution selon l'état civil, l'occupation et la situation géographique. Ceci reflète une stabilité correspondante des conditions socio-économiques et du développement des soins en santé mentale dans le pays.

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Ein Fallregister, das von 1916 an alle Aufnahmen in psychiatrische Kliniken in Norwegen umfaßt, wurde auf mögliche zeitbedingte Trends während dieser 50-Jahresperiode hin untersucht. Nur geringere Veränderungen wurden gefunden, die innerhalb der gesamten Inzidenz von Psychosen und ihrer Verteilungsstruktur auf Familienstand, Beruf und geographische Lage stattgefunden hatten. Dies spiegelt eine entsprechende Stabilität in den sozio-ökonomischen Bedingungen und in der Entwicklung der psychiatrischen Versorgung in diesem Land wider.

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  1. Gaustad Psychiatric Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Örnulv Ödegård

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Ödegård, Ö. Hospitalized psychoses in Norway: Time trends 1926—1965. Soc Psychiatry 6, 53–58 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00578029

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